Aspies: What are your Special Interests?

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Past

Anime
The Human anatomy
Demonology
Psychology
Video games
Spore life forms

Present

The universe
Chemistry
Knives and sickles
Fantasy
Bacteriology and virology
Vidya games brah

For the first time since I was 11 I don't have a special interest. When I did have special interests, they were over certain people I knew of, either men I had a crush on or men/women I thought were fascinating and I wanted to be them.

I won't list all of them but I'll give a good selection:

past-
gymnastics
books (mostly fantasy and fiction)
making imaginary worlds with outdoor materials
exploring and collecting
reptiles, amphibians, insects, deep sea organisms
biological processes
drugs (not the psychiatric type)
drawing and painting
food and nutrition

current-
fungi, lichen, and slime molds
welding, metal working, casting
mechanics
waxes (manipulation of)
books (mostly nonfiction about my current interests)
analyzing playgrounds

Past Drawing. Star Wars. Music. Comics. Football. Nutrition. Martial arts/combat sports. Quantum physics. Exercise . Supplements. Antioxidants. Present. Superhero stuff/comic stuff.. Painting. Painting seems to have took over everything.

Here's mine

Anime
Languages
Sci-Fi
Fantasy
Psychology
Mythology
Science
Computers
Video Games
Tabletop Roleplaying

Past:

Bane, one of Batman's many enemies
Man City
Words
Health and Fitness

Present:

..................

My central interest is gaming. I doubt I need to explain that to anyone.

A new special interest of mine though is cubing. Or "twisty puzzles", you can call them... either works. Usually with this you often hear of people that do things like solve a Rubik's Cube (the most well-known and most common type of cube, easily) in like 5 seconds or stuff. That'd be "speed-cubing". Being that that method requires memorizing like 97 freaking algorithms, I got into a "logic" method instead, which only uses 2 algorithms (that are very short) and which I can apply to most types of twisty puzzles, not just the basic cubes. The big difference though is that those algorithms are only used every now and then, and other than that, it's all logic to solve any given cube. I love that, so I'm really enjoying these.

I've built up a pretty sizable collection already. And I just really dont get tired of them. The main 3x3x3 cube, what most people know as a "Rubik's Cube", is the one that I've solved the most often... lost count at this point. Takes me about 10 minutes with this method. But I've solved nearly all of my different cubes (or "cubes" with sarcastic quotes, for the ones that arent actually cubic) at least once, usually more than once, and yeah, I just dont tire of them.

I got some new ones in the mail today, which are these:



From left to right: Pyraminx Diamond, Gear Ball, 3x3x3 Mixup Plus, Gear Cube, and the horrible jagged mess on the far right is an Axis Cube (yes, it actually is a cube shape when solved).

The Mixup Plus and very obviously the Axis Cube have yet to be solved; I'll do them later today for the first time. The other three I've already done. The Gear types are interesting in that you cannot turn just one part of them at a time. When you turn the top face/layer of a gear cube 90 degrees, for instance, the middle layer will always rotate 45 degrees. However, the cube cannot rotate along any other axis this way, so all outer turns must always be 180 degrees. In addition, the gears that make up the edges do all sorts of weird things and end up sticking out at a variety of strange angles. The Gear Ball works almost exactly the same (except the parts never poke out of it) but with some added bits too. What's interesting is that the cube in particular looked so intimidating when I first saw it.... but it's actually one of the easiest puzzles I've got, by far. Crazy thing almost seems like it'll just solve itself if I look at it too hard. Was just a matter of understanding the concepts that make it work. The Diamond offered more challenge; usually I can find some info on these different puzzles to give me some tips or tutorials that teach the concepts they use, but for this specific one, there is.... nothing. Which I've never seen happen before. But I figured the loopy thing out anyway on my own, so I was very pleased about that. Took bloody forever though.

I have some more coming... 1 of which is a hyper-expensive and unique (as in, the only one ever made) version of the popular "Ghost Cube", which I'm very much looking forward to trying. I got very lucky in being able to buy that at all, had I come across it one day later, it probably would have already been bought by someone else. So freaking expensive though! But it looks absolutely great, I cant wait. Ghost cubes though are supposed to be one of the most difficult of all of these sorts of things...

There was also a 6th that came today, a 2x4x6 cuboid I'd been really looking forward to (a shapeshifter type!), but it's not in the photo there. This is because it exploded. Needless to say, I was not pleased by this fact. I didnt even get to scramble it once...

That picture just made me jellus sooo many puzzles

But new interest to add to my list magic the gathering (thanks to my roommate getting me started)

Past:
Cats
Harry Potter
Painting
PC gaming
Nutrition
Pokemon
Dogs

Present:
Honey bees
Cars

Current obsessions:
German
Germany
Psychology
Serial Killer Psychology
Jeffrey Dahmer

Past obsessions:
Plants
Human Biology
The Simpsons

In the past:
-Dogs
-Animal Crossing
-the rock cycle
-drawing
-reading [mostly fantasy]
-Pokemon
-manga, especially Pokemon
-fanfiction, especially Pokemon
-RPG maker games

Forever:
Puns

Currently:
-Youtube
-Wrongplanet
- A rom hack called Pokemon Snakewood. (It's essentially Pokemon with zombies. )

I don't wanna name the rest.

I know I posted about this awhile back but here's an updated list, (I'm not gonna list all of them because there are to many but I will list the main ones):

Past:
Disney (When I was younger)
American Girl Dolls/Dolls in general
Classic pop culture (1950s-1980s)


Present:
Bands (Primarily newer music, And also primarily 5 Seconds Of Summer (Abbreviated as 5SOS)
Pop Culture in general but mainly more modern
Makeup (Expensive brands mainly)
Psychology (I want to be a mental health advocate)
Writing/reading (I also want to be an author)

Ones that haven't changed over time:
Music
Pop Culture

Past
Becoming an astronaut
Dolphins and whales
Pagan religion

Present
Birdwatching
Medieval history
British television
Symbols in art

Both
Disasters
Sherlock Holmes (stories, TV, movies)
Mythology/folklore
Science fiction
Patterns
Drawing and painting

All of my past special interests are still technically special interests of mine as I've retained all the information I learned about them, and still get very excited about them! It's just that my current present special interest takes precedence over the older ones, and I actively am learning and researching more about my current interest every day, whereas the other ones merely sit in my head as a collection.

Past interests:
Snakes
Dogs/dog training
Harry Potter books/movies
Ancient Roman history, especially the Emperor Nero
WWII History, especially Nazi Germany
The Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and his family

Current interest:
True crime, especially mass shooters

Please don't laugh at me or find me weird.
Past Interests ( I still have them to an extent but not so much anymore)
WWII history especially Anne Frank. I had this special interest when I was 9 to 11?
Ancient History especially Alexander the Great, Henry VIII and his wives, Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Marie Antoinette.
I had this SI when I was 13-16 still now but not as strong as it used to be.
Supernatural/Paranormal: especially Fairies, Witches, Ghosts, Spirits etc.
cartoon shows: Salior moon from 12- 13, Cardcaptor Sakura 7-9, Death Note 13-15, Winx Club 11-13, Total Drama 12-14, Avatar the last airbender 12-13.
Music: Evanescene Amy Lee 12-13, Lacuna Coil 13-15.
Countries Interest so far it was: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Greece, Brazil, Germany etc.
Video games: Skyrim, Fallout 3, Tekken, Civillization.

Present Interests: What now I'm really obsessed with.

Crime cases.
Female Killers.
Deadly Women TV show
Sylvia Likens abuse case.
Girls Generation/SNSD.

Anne Frank was a great heroine.

I had an interest in Henry VIII and his wives, too.

Of course, I like Ancient History. Marie Antoinette wouldn't be "Ancient History," though